Best Ways To Clean A Second Hand Fish Tank?

[214jay]

I use milton sterilising fluid (stuff for cleaning baby bottles, used in hospitals etc) for cleaning tank equipment or new tanks.  Its a chlorine based bleaching agent and seems to do the trick.
 
Whats your plans for the new tank?

 

[Ch4rlie]

I use milton sterilising fluid (stuff for cleaning baby bottles, used in hospitals etc) for cleaning tank equipment or new tanks.  Its a chlorine based bleaching agent and seems to do the trick.
 
Whats your plans for the new tank?

 
Thats another good tip, never thought about that,sterilising fluids, hmm, will check it out as don't know if expensive or not. 
 
Really, this tank is for the GF's birthday!
 
She LOVES the Red Cherry Shrimps I have and now wants her own shrimp tank!!
 
TBH when i started this, she had no interest at all in fish tanks and stuff, and when I was nearly finished with first tank and had live plants etc she began to get into this and when I started to introduce the different species of shrimps and fish available at LFS, she has got into this now and stares at my tank for ages watching whats going on! lol, love it! 

 
But she wants a marine type setup for shrimps called "Sexy Shrimps" and she also wants a seahorse! Groan!
 
Marine which is a PITA as far as I am concerned with RO, sumps, bio balls, overflow, pipework etc and I know NOTHING about marine setups so am trying to persuade her to stick with FW shrimps and have a really nice looking planted tank with harlequin shrimps or something like that with maybe a few small fish like endlers or a Betta Splenden but they tend to eat shrimps though!
 
I have my own plans in my head of what I would like to have set up on the Fluval Edge tank but as said, its for the GF, will see what happens! lol 

 

[214jay]

It will certainly be an impressive shrimp tank!  I have seen those 'sexy shrimp' at my LFS and my GF also want them, I'm with you though, marine has too many factors to think about....for now!
Can you get freshwater harlequin shrimps?  I think i've seen marine ones, but would be awesome if there are similar for FW setups.

 

[mike455555]

if you want a cool looking FW shrimp check out Caridina Dennerli

 

[Ch4rlie]

It will certainly be an impressive shrimp tank!  I have seen those 'sexy shrimp' at my LFS and my GF also want them, I'm with you though, marine has too many factors to think about....for now!
Can you get freshwater harlequin shrimps?  I think i've seen marine ones, but would be awesome if there are similar for FW setups.

 
Yes there are FW Harlequins as read from Planet Inverts :
 
http/www.planetinverts.com/Harlequin_Shrimp.html
 
 
 

if you want a cool looking FW shrimp check out Caridina Dennerli

 
And Cardinal Shrimps are cool too, there are a lot of cool looking shrimps to choose from, probably too many choices!

Only trouble is, my GF thinks the Fluval Edge at 46 litres is too big for her, she would rather have a Biorb Flow 15litres!! or a Fluval Spec 10 litres!! 
Oh boy! 
 
Already have the Edge at home waiting to be cleaned and set up! Hmm.............

 

[214jay]

Okay, now that is a nice shrimp!!! I want some...I wonder if my LFS can get hold of any...
 

 
Only trouble is, my GF thinks the Fluval Edge at 46 litres is too big for her, she would rather have a Biorb Flow 15litres!! or a Fluval Spec 10 litres!! 
Oh boy! 
 
Already have the Edge at home waiting to be cleaned and set up! Hmm.............

 
And thats how you end up with even more tanks